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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the name of the store Del must pass to get home?

2. What does Uncle Bill ask for but Mother does not have in the house?

3. Who is Del's brother?

4. What name does Del call Uncle Bill?

5. Owen begs Del to _____________________ in a desperate attempt to save Major.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is Owen's idea to help save Major?

2. How does Del come to the realization that not all prayers are answered in the way one would like?

3. When Del stays with her aunts for the summer there is an event which sticks out in her mind. What is the event and what does it point out about her aunts?

4. Where do Del's aunts move after Uncle Craig dies?

5. Explain Benny's penchant for clutter.

6. How does Del behave when she no longer wants to participate in her mother's sales calls?

7. Who is Mary Agnes?

8. Why is Del helpless when it comes to helping Owen save Major?

9. What is Del's favorite of Benny's possessions?

10. What is the fate of Uncle Craig's manuscript?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Del desperately wants to distinguish herself from her mother yet she is like her in many ways. Name some ways that Del is different from her mother as well as some ways that she is like her mother.

Essay Topic 2

Create a character study of Uncle Benny. What are his physical characteristics? What are his motivations? What are his fears? What are his dreams? What else can you say about Uncle Benny?

Essay Topic 3

Explain the nature of this book and why the author created it the way she did. Why did she choose to create a collection of short stories to tell Del's story? Is it effective? How is it different from reading a regular novel? How is it the same?

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